This article is about the song by Plastic Ono Band. For other uses, see Give Peace a Chance (disambiguation). Give Peace a Chance is a song written by John Lennon (credited to LennonâMcCartney), and performed with Yoko Ono in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1 Lawrence Francis OâBrien, Jr.  died. Larry OâBrien, byname of Lawrence Francis OâBrien, Jr. (born July 7, 1917, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.âdied September 28, 1990, New York, New York) U.S. Democratic Party political organizer, government official, and sports executive.
Willis O'Brien is the man primarily credited with bringing King Kong to the screen, but in truth, Kong was the brainchild of Merian Cooper, a truly larger-than-life film producer, on whom the character of Carl Denham was modeled.